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Bamberg, SC

2,996 Population
3.6 square miles 838.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.5 ±8.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Bamberg County: 42.3 ±1.5
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,956 ±$4,016 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bamberg County: $23,721 ±$2,188
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,531 ±$25,790 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Bamberg County: $44,370 † ±$4,432
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

31.8% ±10.2% (914  ±292) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Bamberg County: 24.3% † 2,984 (±5% / ±620)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.4 minutes ±2.2 (16,695  ±5,055) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Bamberg County: 28 † 120,550 (±4 / ±20,652)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,129 ±149 Number of households
  • Bamberg County: 4,644 ±250
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.3 (2,717  ±43) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bamberg County: 2.6 12,124 (±0.1 / ±51)
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,518 ±190 Number of housing units
  • Bamberg County: 6,581 ±23
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$157,900 ±$84,541 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Bamberg County: $97,800 ±$9,569
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.2% ±4.1% (274  ±124.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bamberg County: 10.6% † 1,369 (±2.7% / ±346.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.1% ±13% (1,767  ±315.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bamberg County: 77.9% 7,015 (±6.5% / ±605.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.4% ±7.2% (519  ±159.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Bamberg County: 17.9% † 1,616 (±3.5% / ±312.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.9% ±3.5% (56  ±105) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Bamberg County: 1.3% 167
  • about one-third of the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

12.5% ±5.3% (292  ±124) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in Bamberg County: 6.3% † 672 (±1.3% / ±141)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
292 Total veterans ±124 283 Male ±121 9 Female ±16

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